Works, Volume 6G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1849 |
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... keep the lead . - Hudson's Bay party . - A junketing . — A delectable beverage . - Honey and alcohol . — High carousing . — The Canadian bon vivant . — A cache . — A rapid move . -Wyeth and his plans . - His travelling companions ...
... keep the lead . - Hudson's Bay party . - A junketing . — A delectable beverage . - Honey and alcohol . — High carousing . — The Canadian bon vivant . — A cache . — A rapid move . -Wyeth and his plans . - His travelling companions ...
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... is not haunted by the lonely trapper . The American fur companies keep no established post beyond the mountains . Everything there is regulated by resident partners ; that is to say , partners 36 BONNEVILLE'S ADVENTURES .
... is not haunted by the lonely trapper . The American fur companies keep no established post beyond the mountains . Everything there is regulated by resident partners ; that is to say , partners 36 BONNEVILLE'S ADVENTURES .
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... convoy , the resident partner at the rendezvous depends , to set all his next year's machinery in motion . Now as the rival companies keep a vigilant eye upon each other , and are anxious to discover each other's YEARLY RENDEZVOUS . 37.
... convoy , the resident partner at the rendezvous depends , to set all his next year's machinery in motion . Now as the rival companies keep a vigilant eye upon each other , and are anxious to discover each other's YEARLY RENDEZVOUS . 37.
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... keep especial watch upon their horses . In these rugged and elevated regions they began to see the black - tailed deer , a species larger than the ordinary kind , and chiefly found in rocky and mountainous countries . They had reached ...
... keep especial watch upon their horses . In these rugged and elevated regions they began to see the black - tailed deer , a species larger than the ordinary kind , and chiefly found in rocky and mountainous countries . They had reached ...
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... with each other , and these casual conflicts serve to keep their wits awake and their pas- sions alive . The present party of Crows , however , evinced nothing of the invidious character for which they are renowned . CROW INDIANS . 67.
... with each other , and these casual conflicts serve to keep their wits awake and their pas- sions alive . The present party of Crows , however , evinced nothing of the invidious character for which they are renowned . CROW INDIANS . 67.
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adventures American Fur Company animal Astoria band banks Bannecks Beatte beautiful beaver Bighorn Blackfeet Blackfoot boat braves buffalo bull boat caches camp Captain Bonne Captain Bonneville Captain Bonneville's companions comrades course Crow country Crow nation danger deep deer defile distance encamped enemy expedition feet fire Fort Cass free trappers Fur Company Green River Valley half-breed halt hand head heart hills Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company hunters hunting Indian journey kind lodge Malade River miles morning mounted neighborhood Nez Percés night old chief Osage party passed Pawnees plain Portneuf prairies ravine reached region rendezvous rifle Rocky Mountains round saddle salmon Salmon River savage scene Shoshonie skins smoke Snake River snow soon spirit stream Sublette tain thickets Tonish took trade trail trap travellers trees tribe turned village warriors wild horse wilderness Wind River Wind River Mountains winter Wyeth
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